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April 29, 2014
Book Review - The List of My Desires by Gregoire Delacourt
We all have one don't we? A list of what you would get if you won the lottery? I know I could easily dispose of any amount from $100 to a few million. But what if you DID win it? How would your life change? If you take comfort and hope from dreaming of when you might save up for a new car, say, followed by a holiday, how would you cope if you could suddenly do it all today? And have no list left to dream about? Would your family be the same? One woman and her family learn more than they bargained for when money enters their life and they reassess what they value and what is happiness. I loved this book. Wendy
Book Review - How to create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore
In the eighteenth century, Thomas Day was a radical philosopher poet who rejected the values and social mores of his day. He was rude and unkempt but he inherited a huge fortune and was able to indulge some wild ideas. Rejected by and rejecting society beauties, he sought an unspoilt girl who was physically hardened and stoic, possessed obedience, virtue and practical skills. This was Enlightenment period and his social set included all the fashionable men of literature, science and reason. Aided by his friends, he selected two girls from the Foundling Hospital and set about training up his prospective mate under the guise of apprenticing them to a good career. His friend, Edgeworth, enthusiastically raises his son according to the French philosopher, Rousseau's new child -centred approach, which, when implemented thoroughly turns out a badly behaved unhappy boy, but although somewhat modified, remains a key tenet of today's child-centred approach to education. This fascinating biography of Thomas Day, his friends and his protégés benefits immeasurably from the author's extensive research and understanding of the period. Fashion, love, science, folly, hypocrisy and changing fortunes affect the intrepid cast of characters. True tales are sometimes the most unbelievable! Wendy
Labels: History, Non-Fiction, Romance
April 26, 2014
Book Review - Delia's Cakes
This is a completely revised edition of Delia Smith's Book of Cakes first published in 1977. Since then, she has gone on to be a household name in Britain and quite well known in Australia, so presumably does not need a surname anymore. The recipes have all been revised, simplified and updated for 2013 and she includes useful general tips on methods and equipment. More than 90% have options for gluten-free baking and some recipes are egg-free. She now advocates using soft butter spreads which almost completely do away with the step of creaming the butter and sugar, just put them all in together and whisk! As well as all kinds of cakes, there are also recipes for delicious sounding biscuits and muffins. The Iced Lemon Curd Layer Cake and the Hidden Strawberry Cupcakes caught my eye and the light sponge of the Orange and Passionfruit Cake would suit this warmer weather. Wendy
Labels: Cooking, Non-Fiction
April 24, 2014
Book Review - The Humans: there's no place like home by Matt Haig
An alien being comes to Earth, takes over the naked body of a maths professor and tries to complete a mission. In the meantime, he has to learn to get along with humans. Coming from an 'advanced' and rational race, this takes some doing as he figures out what clothes are for, how humans communicate and what is true and what is beautiful. The alien gradually goes native in this warmly funny exploration of what it is to be human. Culminating in a list of advice for a human teenager, including "politeness is often fear, kindness is always courage", this book covers both the sublime and the ridiculous in humans living and loving each other, whilst working through a well plotted tale. A lovely book.
April 23, 2014
Book Review - A stitch in time: Heirloom Knitting Skills by Rita Taylor
Non-Fiction reviewed by Wendy This is a very easy to read and use guide, explaining the origin of stitches and placing knitting squarely in the 21st century. Divided into Textured, Twisted, Raised, Cable and Lace Stitches and Colourwork, each section provides an exploration of the history and usage around the world. It made sense that Fair Isle and other colourwork patterns not only made use of different coloured wools that may not have been enough for a garment on their own but also provided additional warmth with the additional layers of wool carrying under the pattern. From the warmth and practicality of working jumpers, to the luxury of lightweight lace work, each section includes a comprehensive stitch listing, for example, 34 lace stitch patterns are included. Twelve complete project patterns covering each of the sections including a Fairisle sweater, a lacy shawl, a bobble hat and a cable cardigan enable you to put these heirloom skills into modern-day practice. I very much liked a baby blanket made in squares with a raised leaf pattern and a blackberry stitch border and it may have given me confidence to try a fair-isle pattern – which became popular after Edward, Prince of Wales, appeared wearing one in a magazine in the 20s!
Labels: History, knitting, Non-Fiction
April 22, 2014
Book Review - 101 Uses for My Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress by Kevin Cotter
This book had its origin in a blog started by the author after his divorce. His ex-wife left her wedding dress with him and told him he could do what he wanted with it. Kevin had come from a Catholic family where marriages lasted and he was deeply affected by his break-up. He also had time to reflect on how much weddings and dresses cost and why shouldn't they be put to good and further use? Thus he releases his angst by using the dress as a rag, a floor mat, a tow-rope, a turban, a dog toy etc etc., as can be seen in the many photos. On the surface, this is a rather silly book, but Kevin turns out to be more than a man playing dress-ups. He pays tribute to the many family members and friends who helped him through; talks a little of the impact of becoming well-known through his online activity and media interest; and offers up some useful hints to others. Oh, and he does find love a second time around… here's hoping that goes well! Wendy
April 20, 2014
Book Review - Blood & Beauty: A novel of the Borgias by Sarah Dunant
What a superb historical feast, plunging us back into Renaissance Italy with Rodrigo Borgia scheming his way into the Papacy, thus opening the door for his children, particularly Cesare and Lucrezia, to take their place on history's page. This is a cruel, beautiful, corrupt world and the Borgias were clever, violent and crafty by turns as they fought to secure their family's future. Dynastic marriages, shifting alliances and the new technology of war are all in their arsenal as the Pope strives to cement his preeminent position in Europe over a motley crew of Kings, Dukes and Princes. A very good read! I was pleased to hear Sarah on The First Tuesday Book Club late in 2013, saying she was reading Machiavelli's The Prince (allegedly based on Cesare Borgia) for research for Book 2. Wendy
Labels: Fiction, Historical
April 19, 2014
Book Review - Heart Like Mine by Amy Hatvan
Grace never wanted children as she had spent a lot of her youth caring for her siblings but she has fallen in love with Victor who has two children, Ava and Max. They live with their mother, Kelli, who has serious health problems so that the eldest, daughter Ava, is also cast in the role of carer. Grace and Victor plan to marry but then Kelli dies suddenly and they must all try to get along together. Kelli didn't want Victor to remarry, Grace didn't want full time children and Ava just wants her mother and father back together. None of them will get what they want. This is a sensitive exploration of a blended family coming to terms with who they are and how their future will unfold. No-one is bad or good but they do have different expectations and experiences and some of that gels and some doesn't. Eventually they find some peace together in this hopeful and heartwarming story. Wendy
Labels: Fiction
April 16, 2014
Book Review - If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
This is well plotted and well written, holding interest to the last when there are extra twists and turns. Ambitious ex-prosecutor, McKenna Jordan is still paying for mistakes she made when a case went horribly wrong and she ended up losing her job. She sees a video which seems to suggest that an old friend, Sarah, is still alive although she has been missing presumed dead for many years. Sarah appears to have been caught up in a group of active eco-terrorists but nothing is as it seems as McKenna digs deeper into the secrets and evasions around her friend's disappearance. Believable characters with their own tragedies and flaws contribute to the story. The only clue I will give you is follow the money – it's so often good advice! Wendy
April 15, 2014
Book Review - Children of the Revolution by Peter Robinson
Another excellent Inspector Banks story. An ageing loner is found dead after falling from a disused railway bridge. Did he fall or was he assisted to his death? Why did he ring a local celebrity writer, Lady Veronica Chalmers, a week before his death and why did he have £5,000 on him when he clearly was living very poorly? A wide-ranging enquiry leads Alan Banks and his team to the Eastvale College, in the recent past, and the University of Essex in the time of the miners' strikes of the Thatcher years. Peter Robinson is in his usual good form, weaving music, the English class system and philosophy into an intriguing mystery. I only hope he isn't falling into Robert Heinlein's error of having his ageing hero continue to engage romantically with women in their thirties. Wendy
Book Review - The Ninth Girl by Tami Hoag
The driver of a party limousine on New Year's Eve is distracted by the provocative behaviour of his passengers when he is startled by what appears to be a Zombie pop up from the boot of the car in front of him and fall under his wheels. The zombie is a teenage girl, who may be the latest victim of a serial killer, and her face has been destroyed by acid. With no ID and no face, experienced homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska, have a tough job ahead of them. In exploring the world of an alienated and isolated teenager, Sam and Nikki are reminded why they do what they do, to bring the victims some recognition and justice. A complex plot in the hands of a deservedly best -selling author. Wendy
April 14, 2014
Book Review - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent is a young Australian who lived in Iceland in her teens as a Rotary exchange student and was intrigued by the story of a murder and three convicted people who had to be housed in farmhouses whilst awaiting their execution as there were no jails in rural Iceland. This is the story of Agnes and the family she stays with. Initially most of them hold her at a distance but when you are a small group of people in a harsh environment, you have to co-operate to live. The descriptive passages cut as sharp as the cold Icelandic wind. Human warmth, family and love are placed into stark relief against the harsh weather and isolated landscape. Agnes' story is slowly revealed. Her end may have been foretold in her beginning but it is exquisitely wrought here in this well researched and beautiful first novel. "Now comes the darkening sky and a cold wind that passes right through you, as though you are not there, it passes through you as though it does not care whether you are alive or dead, for you will be gone and the wind will still be there, licking the grass flat upon the ground, not caring whether the soil is at freeze or thaw, for it will freeze and thaw again, and soon your bones, now hot with blood and thick-juicy with marrow, will be dry and brittle and flake and freeze and thaw with the weight of dirt upon you, and the last moisture of your body will be drawn up to the surface by the grass, and the wind will come and knock it down and push you back against the rocks, or it will scrape you up under its nails and take you out to sea in a wild screaming of snow. " p319 Wendy
Labels: Fiction
April 13, 2014
Book Review - Crocodile Tears by Mark O'Sullivan
A compellingly tangled murder mystery with a cast of characters who have plenty of dark secrets in their lives. Inspector Leo Woods is the flawed and damaged insightful maverick cop and Helen Troy is the ambitious intelligent and lonely young detective trying to force her way into a male dominated world. Blood and bodies escalate until there is no stone left unturned. Murder exposes much that they would all prefer kept out of the light of day. Well plotted and contrived, these characters all feel real. I will look out for the next one by this author! Wendy
April 11, 2014
Book Review - Don't want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell
A lovely romantic story about Dex, a man about town whose life is suddenly completely changed by the death of his sister and his guardianship of his orphaned baby niece, and Molly, whose heart has remained whole until she met Dex. Several couples are sorted out while Dex and Molly work out who they want to be with – and baby Delphi is adorably cute throughout. Wendy
April 09, 2014
Book Review - Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
This is the second Library Lover's Mystery as Library Director Lindsey Norris is dragged into a local political dispute over buried treasure on an island offshore from their town of Briar Creek. In spite of a brutal murder, this is a cosy mystery as the townsfolk all seem to want to help their Chief of Police gather evidence and catch the bad guys. I particularly liked how the children's librarian smuggled her colleague's dog out of the library in the costume she wore for storytime. I'm sure Eric Carle would approve of his very hungry caterpillar being put to such use! You even get a recipe at the end but I had to Google almond bark to find out how to make Beth's Lemon-Almond Cookie Truffles. American baking has some idiosyncracies all its own. Wendy
April 08, 2014
Book Review - The Forbidden Queen by Anne O'Brien
Terrific historical fiction fleshing out the bones of the story of Katherine Valois, a French princess married to England's King Henry V to cement his claims on the French crown. Katherine's son becomes King whilst still a boy but she must live retired and soberly as the Queen Dowager. Ambitious men see her as a means to worldly power but will one win her heart? An intriguingly woven imagining of how she became one of the Tudors, that great English dynasty that culminated in Elizabeth I. Wendy
Labels: Fiction, Historical
April 07, 2014
Book Review - The Weeping Girl by Hakan Nesser
Another Scandinavian treat. Nesser's understanding of human behaviour and his clean prose style is on show again here. Ewa Moreno is meant to be on holidays but as we all know, fictional detectives rarely get time to have holidays or nurture their own personal life. She gets distracted by an allegation of illegal and corrupt conduct in her own group of colleagues and is also intrigued by the story of a weeping girl on the train. Unable to stop from pursuing the truth, a 16 year old case is finally and shockingly resolved. Good reading. Wendy
Labels: Fiction, Mystery, Scandinavian
April 05, 2014
Review - Hamlet (DVD)
This classic BBC DVD is terrific. Starring David Tennant, Patrick Stewart and Penny Downie, Hamlet is intense and intimate. Elsinore is depicted as a place of shadows, mirrors and conspiracies, as this family tragedy unfolds. At 3 hours and 37 minutes, it is well worth your attention. Almost every speech has a phrase that is now engrained into our language and cultural zeitgeist. Superlative performances and production. Wendy
Labels: DVD, Shakespeare
April 03, 2014
Book Review - Heartland by Cathryn Hein
Callie leaves her roving lifestyle to return to her roots when she inherits her grandmother's farm. She is still dealing with her guilt over her older sister's death from a drug overdose, convinced she contributed by wanting to go out with her on the fateful night. She means to sell the farm quickly and give the proceeds to the educational and charitable foundation her parents have set up in her sister's name. Circumstances mean she has to stay in the district for longer than she planned, face her demons and try to forgive herself. Along the way she is helped by an ex-soldier, Matt, from the adjoining farm. This is a competent rural romance, with much loved horses, cute puppies, grizzled horse trainers, a bush fire emergency and a lively local pub. Wendy
April 01, 2014
Review - Emma (DVD)
This is a marvelous production by BBC TV showing the romantic comedy by Jane Austen in 4 episodes plus some 'making of' special features. Starring Romola Garai (The Hour & Daniel Deronda) , Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock in Elementary), Sir Michael Gambon (The Singing Detective and numerous other roles) and Tamsin Grieg (Black Books & Episodes), it is a visual and musical feast and the acting is superb. Many Janeites rate Emma as her best novel but Emma is not my favourite Jane Austen and I have never really warmed to the title character. This production, however, brings us a warm, personable and endearing Emma. Jonny Lee Miller's Mr Knightley is upright, a little reserved, generous and kind and their growing attraction for each other is beautifully realized. The minor characters are superb especially Tamsin Greig as the garrulous Miss Bates. Gambon's Mr Woodhouse makes you want to clutch your shawl around you and be very careful of draughts and reckless exposure to the elements. This is a real treat. Wendy
Labels: DVD, Jane Austen, U.K.
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Susannah and I have been kicking back at the Emmys for a good long time now. We've wept. We've wailed. We've gnashed our teeth. Personally, I've worn sackcloth and ashes, but that's just my general fashion aesthetic.
Part of the issue is that we can't put our finger on what the problem is–something's wrong (really, Academy–Entourage? Really?), but what is it? We're inclined to blame the Emmy categories–is Pushing Daisies really the same kind of beast as Two and a Half Men? Should Dirty Sexy Money–or Boston Legal, for that matter–really be considered a drama? We're embarrassed to admit, however, that every new categorization scheme we tried went exactly nowhere.
We considered doing away with "Drama" and "Comedy" and going instead with "Half-hour"/"Hour" or "Single-camera"/"Multi-camera", both of which are already used in the technical and animated categories. In today's television landscape, however, that left us with a couple of strong contenders and a couple we could argue about in the half-hour or mutli-camera categories while overloading the hour/single-camera even more than the current drama category already is. We toyed with the idea of honoring more actors by creating lead, supporting, and ensemble categories. These might allow for, say, Hugh Laurie (lead), Robert Sean Leonard (supporting), and Omar Epps (ensemble) or Steve Carell (lead), Rainn Wilson (supporting), and Ed Helms (ensemble) to be nominated for the same show, or for the large ensemble casts of, say, Lost or Friday Night Lights to be considered separately from shows that focus on true leads, like House or Life. The details necessary to make that work, however ("if the character appears on-screen for less than 30% of the broadcast…"), both felt arbitrary and were, frankly, nearly impossible to hammer out. We played with the possibility that there just aren't enough slots available to honor all of the great performances out there, so we tried adding and dividing up categories differently–"Classic Sitcom"! "Workplace Drama"! "Speculative Fiction"! "Human Interest (read: Soap Opera")! Each of those seemed just as arbitrary as "Comedy" and "Drama," though–is Grey's Anatomy a workplace drama or a human interest show? You could argue either category for Mad Men. We were stumped.
And then it occurred to us: maybe the categories are the problem–and maybe that means there shouldn't be any categories at all. This was a strangely liberating idea. We kept the sex split, both because it seems less arbitrary than the above and because we feared our lists would be swamped with male roles otherwise (try filling out the female comedy roles under the traditional categories–brutal). We limited ourselves to people on the official Emmy ballot, which meant excluding favorites because of production-based eligibility problems (goodbye, British-based Doctor Who crew), because of genre (sorry, Venture Brothers–we'll catch you next time), and because they simply didn't appear on the ballot for reasons beyond our understanding (who dropped the ball on submitting Dan Byrd from Aliens in America?). We began with a list of 40 actors of each sex, then narrowed the list to 30 and ranked them. By assigning points to those rankings, we were able to compare and combine our lists to create a category-less Bacon Emmys. After complaining that there just weren't enough spots to honor all of the excellent performances out there, we were pretty surprised to find that in the end we shared 21 ranked male actors and 21 ranked female actors–with one tie in the Lead Actor in a Drama category leading to 21 official male Emmy nominees in the "major" acting categories this year, that means our numbers are pretty much right on the real numbers. Some other patterns surprised us, too:
Male actors (in alphabetical order):
- Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
- Steve Carell, The Office
- Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
- Gaius Charles, Friday Night Lights
- Henry Ian Cusick, Lost
- Glenn Fitzgerald, Dirty Sexy Money
- Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
- Ed Helms, The Office
- Michael Hogan, Battlestar Galactica
- Hugh Laurie, House
- Robert Sean Leonard, House
- Zachary Levi, Chuck
- Damian Lewis, Life
- Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
- Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
- Chi McBride, Pushing Daisies
- Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
- Wendell Pierce, The Wire
- Andre Royo, The Wire
- Michael K. Williams, The Wire
- Ray Wise, Reaper
Female actors (in alphabetical order):
- Julie Benz, Dexter
- Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
- Rose Byrne, Damages
- Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
- Glenn Close, Damages
- Tina Fey, 30 Rock
- Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
- Ellen Greene, Pushing Daisies
- Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
- Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
- January Jones, Mad Men
- Angela Kinsey, The Office
- Swoosie Kurtz, Pushing Daisies
- Mary McDonnell, Battlestar Galactica
- Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost
- Adrianne Palicki, Friday Night Lights
- Amy Pietz, Aliens in America
- Jamie Pressley, My Name Is Earl
- Sarah Shahi, Life
- Sonja Sohn, The Wire
- Natalie Zea, Dirty Sexy Money
For the record, Susannah's top two ranked actors I didn't list were Lost's Michael Emerson and FNL's Jesse Plemmons, while my top ranked she didn't list were Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Charlie Day. For the women, her top two ranked picks I didn't list were The Riches' Minnie Driver and Lost's Evangeline Lily, while my top picks she didn't list were Tricia Helfer of Battlestar Galactica and Sunny's Kaitlin Olson.
These 42 actors represent 17 shows, which isn't as many as the real nominees (24 shows). So maybe the Emmys do a better job of spreading the wealth than we would. On the other hand, they spread that wealth by nominating Charlie Sheen and Mariska Hargitay, and…yeah, we're not going to apologize for not spreading the wealth quite that far. In fact, TV Bacon and the Academy agree on slightly fewer than 25% of the nominees (ten out of 41/42). It's a supporting-heavy list, although that's slightly skewed by self-submissions we'd place elsewhere (in what universe is Connie Britton supporting?)–that may reflect the current popularity of the ensemble shows we had such a hard time categorizing. It's a very, very white list, especially for the women. Thank goodness for The Wire–if we remove their four candidates, 35 out of 38 of the remaining nominees are white. We're still doing a little better than the real Emmys, who, including The Wire (from which they chose zero nominees), had four minority nominees out of 41 total. While we've both had America Ferrera and Edward James Olmos on our lists in the past, even including them wouldn't hide the whitewash that is American television in 2008.
Perhaps most interesting, however, is that after all our complaining about the traditional categories–and we're still plenty irked about several exclusions among the real nominees–it wouldn't take us long to declare winners in each of those. Adding together our rankings to create a "winner," we'd have to go exactly four names down our list of female actors to fill the four traditional categories, as our top four were Connie Britton (supporting actress in a drama), Glenn Close (lead actress in a drama), Kristin Chenoweth (supporting actress in a comedy), and Anna Friel (lead actress in a comedy). The pattern for the men isn't nearly so clear, since we'd have to go five whole places down our list to declare winners in the four traditional categories: Andre Royo (supporting actor in a drama), Lee Pace (lead actor in a comedy), Alec Baldwin (lead actor in a comedy), Kyle Chandler (lead actor in a drama), and Jack McBrayer (supporting actor in a comedy). If we'd hewn even more strictly to the Emmy rules and judged a single episode the actors submitted, Baldwin's tour de force journey through 70s sitcoms might well have pushed him over the top. So after all our complaining and rearranging–are the categories really the problem after all?
What do you think? How would you have rearranged the Emmy categories? Who do you think was robbed? Are you coming after me with pitchforks because it was my list that kept John Krasinski out? Will the Emmys ever get it right?

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It bears repeating that there is something about those Scandinavians that's amazing. Look at Susanna Vento's place, bold uses of white from every direction that cause you to notice all of her fine details. I've followed her blog for the past year now, her DIY's and ability to make something from nothing is a true talent.
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a very happy home indeed!ReplyDelete
I am also her biggest fan! How simply stylish!ReplyDelete
wow, so nice!!ReplyDelete
agreed. this home is gorgeous. so many great details. so fresh. i'll take it!ReplyDelete
wauwww.... beautiful! I love the posters and the stuffed toys and pillows at the children's room! so very me!ReplyDelete
I love scandinavian style, all that white and black and the details, love it!, this house is very nice and fun. Have a great day : ) .ReplyDelete
great, just great!!! now how am i suppose to look at my home and feel happiness?? hum, lady? ;) i love this!!! i believe that 70% of the world that loves design and interior styling could live in scandinavia, because their style just rocks!!! ;) have a great day jen!!! twiggsReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 16, 2011
The house is amazing! I want my house to have the same lookReplyDelete
Wow, I just love those spaces. I'm such a huge fan of black & white right now. Thanks for sharing : )ReplyDelete
Swoon, swoon. Love that last little room so much!ReplyDelete
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I think I flipped through this series on dwell about three times.ReplyDelete
Also makes me hopeful that a neat house and babies is possible. Actually, your images do too!
Lovely colors and things.ReplyDelete
I love this home! I have a striped rug similar to that from Ikea in our living room. And I use "living room" loosely since our Boston apt is so tiny, and it's an open concept. ;)ReplyDelete
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I've been following Susanna since a while and I always found her blog extremely inspiring. It's never boring, she always comes up with something nice.ReplyDelete
She has a great sense of style and really deserves the Dwell's cover! :D
i've been eye-ing a rug like that black and white one from IKEA. it just might be time to pull the trigger. it looks so great in that space.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2011
Love the art walls! What a great house. :)ReplyDelete
Love pretty much everything about that place!! Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
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Greg has presented work at venues and institutions including EYEO Festival (Minneapolis), the Western Front (Vancouver), DIY Citizenship (Toronto), Medialab-Prado (Madrid) and Postopolis! LA. He is an adjunct instructor in the CCIT program (University of Toronto/Sheridan College) and has taught courses for CSMM (McMaster University) and OCAD University.
Greg has presented work at venues and institutions including EYEO Festival (Minneapolis), the Western Front (Vancouver), DIY Citizenship (Toronto), Medialab-Prado (Madrid) and Postopolis! LA. He is an adjunct instructor in the CCIT program (University of Toronto/Sheridan College) and has taught courses for CSMM (McMaster University) and OCAD University.
Out of Context: Artists and Web Inventories
On any given day, the average web user may log into as many as a dozen different social web services. Interaction with these sites could involve any number of activities including browsing photography, commenting on blog posts, planning trip itineraries, looking for a lover or updating a resume. While the sequential (or parallel) manner in which we navigate these databases and the generic aesthetic of the web 2.0 interface might suggest these sites form a unified network, that is simply not the case. In engaging the social web we voluntarily fragment our interests, social ties and demographic information in order to make them "machine readable" and allow us to participate in these communities. With these rules of engagement in mind, several recent projects speak to these conditions and explore the notion of web inventories in relation to identity, aggregation and as binding legal agreements.
Interface Aesthetics at the Dept. of Rhythmanalysis
Interface aesthetics seem to push further into public consciousness with each passing month. Consumers are manic about multitouch and contemporary prototypes exploring gesture and performance have hinted at how we will be interacting with technology in the not-so-distant future. This considered, conversations about the desktop metaphor underlying personal computing or Aqua-style might seem archaic, irrelevant in light of emerging tangible media. This is, of course, not the case, and when excavating the idea of interface, one can dig back much further than screen-based interaction and find an extensive lineage of control panels and analog interfaces that prefigure the graphical user interface (GUI). An artist clearly invested in questioning the nature of interface and display is Kevin Hamilton, a researcher and educator based in Urbana, Illinois. Over the last several years Hamilton has been exploring the narrative potential of bare-bones interface and informational systems, quite notably through his ongoing Rhythmanalysis project.
Interview with Mitchell Whitelaw
Mitchell Whitelaw is an artist and writer with interests in digital ontology and generative systems. His work and theory are invested in a close reading of the networks and tools we engage on a daily basis and questioning modes of representation. Whitelaw is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Communication at the University of Canberra and he also authors (the teeming void), a blog on generative and data aesthetics. In this interview conducted by Greg J. Smith, Whitelaw discusses his recent work and contextualizes several of his writing projects.
Attn: Emerging Artists! Interaccess Electronic Media Center- Call for Submissions
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Recent Grads: Submissions are now being accepted for the 2007 Emerging Artists Exhibition
We are looking for submissions of electronic, interactive and new media work, including works related to artistic genres such as sculpture, installation, video and performance art.
Each year InterAccess's emerging artist exhibition showcases new media works by Ontario post- secondary graduating students and/or recent graduates. One of six exhibitions launched annually by InterAccess, the emerging artists show aims to provide students with professional experience and exposure.
The exhibition will take place at InterAccess in the main gallery space from June 12 to August 12. Artist fees will be provided for each artist selected. Artists will be responsible for the transportation of their works a week before the opening. The artist is chiefly responsible for installing his or her work, however InterAccess will provide technical assistance.
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urban interface berlin
urban interface berlin
an exhibition exploring the interspaces between private and public space
April 15 - May 6, 2007
Artists: Jussi Angesleva/Richard The, Laura Beloff, Department for Public Appearances, Niklas Goldbach, Oliver Hangl, Gustav Hellberg, Daniel Jolliffe, Jocelyn Robert, katrinem
Concept: urban interface berlin is both exhibition and artistic/curatorial research project exploring the interspaces between public and private urban space. In 2007 urban interface takes place in two European cities, Berlin and Oslo.
The project deals with the changing notion of private and public space that occurs due to, particularly, the everyday use of communication technologies. The artworks in the context of urban interface convey the idea of public space as an accessible and contributive sphere and call attention to a more sensitive engagement with the private, physical and digital spheres.
urban interface berlin is a project by Susanne Jaschko in cooperation with art+com projekt für rechnergestuetztes gestalten und darstellen e.v. and supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds among others.


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AES gets one-two punch with Davenport addition
By Joshua Joiner and Todd TurnerDirtonDirt.com
The familiar blue AES Racing Team cars, often with multiple entries, have competed at dozens of Crate and Super Late Model events in the Southeast the last few seasons. AES is likely to make a bigger splash in 2013.
The Mount Airy, N.C.-based team owned by Steve Cooke stepped up its game last week, adding former Clint Bowyer Racing driver Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., as a full-time teammate to former Carolina Clash champion Dennis "Rambo" Franklin of Gaffney, S.C.
The lineup gives Cooke, whose Crate Late Model car driven by Dan Breuer captured 2011's NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series championship, his most potent team.
"We're really exited about it with Jonathan and Rambo," Cooke said in a Friday interview. "I think we have a lot of good things coming our way. We're still trying to figure out the direction we wanna go and what we wanna do. Over the next few weeks we're gonna get together and set some goals and objectives and decide what's the best direction for everyone involved."
Cooke — whose Advanced Electronic Systems in electronic, hydraulic and motor repairs of industrial equipment — said Davenport and Franklin will run Super Late Model events along with major Crate Late Model races. Breuer and Cooke will also compete in several Crate Late Models races in 2013.
While Franklin is coming off a double-digit victory season with Carolina Clash, Fastrak, NDRA, NeSmith and BEAST triumphs, Davenport didn't enjoy as much success. In his lone season driving for Bowyer's team, Davenport had a pair of unsanctioned victories but was winless on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series despite picking up the tour's Rookie of the Year title.
Davenport did nab a $5,000 Crate Late Model victory at Eldora Speedway in making one of his occasional starts for AES Racing, and Cooke is confident he'll rebound for solid 2013 after being one of the nation's top drivers in recent seasons.
"I still think he's one of the best, or on his way to being one of the best out there," Cooke said. "I have a tremendous amount of confidence in him. I don't know about last year, but I look at Scott Bloomquist of Jimmy Owens or any of them and they don't have 10 straight years without a down year. I know he's a great driver and I'm really excited to work with him and be a part of the group that helps him bounce back."
Cooke said last week there are plenty of things to be sorted out for the team, including chassis-engine combinations and racing schedules. The team is seeking a good full-time crew chief which could affect some of those plans.
Davenport and Franklin have both primarily driven Barry Wright Race Cars in recent years, but Cooke said he's weighing options for equipping the team.
"We've got several people coming to us with some ideas and a couple offers. But we haven't had much time to digest them yet and decide what's best for the team," he said. "Regardless of we go with, I want them to be in whatever they're gonna be most comfortable driving. I want Jonathan to be 100 percent comfortable with his equipment. I want him to be confident in the car, the engine, the shocks, everything on the car right down to the number and the color. And the same goes for Rambo."
Davenport took his first crack at a national tour in 2012 with the Lucas Oil Series, while Franklin ran a variety regional events for AES. Whether they'd tackle a national tour is up in the air, Cooke said.
"It's definitely still on the board, but right now we're leaning toward more regional stuff," Cooke said. "But our goal is to run a national tour soon with both Jonathan and Rambo. We just don't wanna be unprepared and overreach. If we feel like we're ready and prepared for it, we'll do it.
"We're not going to do it till we're ready. That could take a couple months or the whole first season. But I think by the following season, we'll be ready to be competitive full time on Lucas Oil or the World of Outlaws."


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Wishing you Merry Christmas
Let me take the opportunity of this Christmas time to wishing you and your dogs and other members of your family and friends all the millions of reasons to be happy. May my Lord bestow His blessings upon you all and upon all animal lovers on the planet. Let us pray for peace for the homeless animals around us who are devoid of love and food.


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This Weekend Interview gives a brief insight into Rex's history, his current passions for change and where he sees his efforts in the near future.
The Wallstreet Journal, The Weekend Interview
By Naomi Schaefer Riley, October 26, 2012
Liberals who suspect that wealthy businessmen and political masterminds are colluding to hijack democracy might have fainted had they walked into the St. Regis hotel's lobby restaurant in New York the other day. There was Rex Sinquefield, a deep-pocketed St. Louis, Mo., native and big-time political donor, sitting across from the Republican Rasputin himself, Karl Rove. The not-so-vast right-wing conspiracy in plain public view.
Mr. Sinquefield, an index-fund pioneer, has not drawn the fear and loathing that liberals devote to the billionaire Koch brothers and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Oh, Bloomberg News referred to him as "a new American oligarch," and the New York Times recently painted an ominous portrait of him as "perhaps the most influential private citizen in the state." But no one has picketed his home, Mr. Sinquefield says, or harassed his guests. At least not yet.
He is nonetheless one of the nation's biggest conservative donors in a political year when they are much in the spotlight. So it seems like a good moment to meet one of these princes of alleged darkness in person and see the conspiracy from the inside. It turns out the inside looks a lot like it does from the outside. At age 67, Rex Sinquefield is a successful businessman and conservative who is passionate about his country and wants to turn its policies in a more prosperous direction. He'll even spend lots of his own money to do it.
"By my engagement, as well as others like me," he says, "voters are provided with more choices, not less." He won't say how much money he has donated to political causes in general, or specifically to Mr. Rove and his Super PAC, American Crossroads, but it's safe to say it's more than a pittance. Mr. Sinquefield is forthright in opposing campaign-finance limits and says, "Our system works when all voices are heard."
His own voice is heard in particular in Missouri. The state ended limits on campaign contributions in 2008, and public sources show that Mr. Sinquefield has since spent more than $21 million on various causes and candidates (nearly $7 million in the past two years). He says that's merely the start of what he'll spend to promote his two main interests: rolling back taxes and rescuing education from teachers unions.
"I care deeply for my state," he says. "In order for it to grow, we need to restructure our tax and education systems."
In the current political season, Mr. Sinquefield has given $400,000 to Republican secretary of state candidate Shane Schoeller, a 41-year-old free-marketeer who supports education reform. Mr. Sinquefield has backed at least a dozen other candidates in the 2012 campaign—mostly, but not exclusively, Republicans. Democrats can get a check if they're tax cutters who favor education reform or free markets. Chris Koster, a Republican-turned-Democrat running for re-election as Missouri attorney general, received a $250,000 check this year.
In this year's U.S. Senate race, Mr. Sinquefield's support for Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman wasn't enough to defeat Todd Akin in the GOP primary. But he's still quietly hoping Mr. Akin wins, despite the candidate's comments about "legitimate rape" and pregnancy, which Mr. Sinquefield calls "crazy." He hardly relishes taking Mr. Akin's side, and lapses into prayerful French asking for forgiveness ("Pardonnez moi, mon dieu"), but incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill, he says, is simply "too liberal for the state."
St. Louis inspires Mr. Sinquefield's particular devotion, but his childhood there was hardly happy. His father died when he was 5 years old, leaving the family destitute. He and his brother were reared in a local Catholic orphanage until they were teenagers, when they returned to live with their mother. Mr. Sinquefield went to St. Louis University and took some economics courses, but says "it was all a waste. Keynesian crap.
He enrolled at the University of Chicago, where he studied under Eugene Fama, the economist who coined the term "efficient markets." Mr. Sinquefield then put his education to work at American National Bank of Chicago, and in 1973 he helped launch the first index investment fund to capture the performance of the stock market as a whole. Seven years later, the fund managed $12 billion
As he likes to say, only "North Koreans, Cubans and active money managers" ignore free-market pricing. He left in 1981 to co-found (with one of his Chicago classmates) Dimensional Fund Advisers in Southern California, which now manages about $220 billion. He retired from Dimensional in 2005—"bored," he says—and moved back to St. Louis, where he has been active in state and local matters ever since
Mr. Sinquefield seems less interested in politics than policy and less moved by campaigns than the ideas behind them. He has long been frustrated by the Missouri state legislature, which is controlled by Republicans but is largely opposed to real reform. The best he can say is that they "do prevent a lot of bad stuff from passing.
So in recent years he has tried to go over the head of legislators through ballot initiatives. In 2010, he spent $11.3 million to underwrite an initiative to ban new local income taxes in Missouri and to require voters in St. Louis and Kansas City to reaffirm support for existing tax levels. This year he spent more than $2 million collecting signatures to eliminate the state's corporate and personal income taxes and replace them with a sales tax capped at 7%. Mr. Sinquefield decided to postpone the initiative until next year because it wasn't polling well.
Then again, he says, smiling, he may not need to put the initiative on the ballot in 2013 after all—because of some unexpected help from Missouri's next-door neighbor. Earlier this year, Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law a significant tax cut, reducing the Kansas income-tax rate to 4.9% from 6.45% and eliminating taxes on 190,000 small businesses
"Unbelievably brilliant," Mr. Sinquefield says of the Kansas approach. He expects that businesses, especially S corporations and limited liability companies, will flock across the border. "You go into Kansas City and you stand on State Line Road, right in the heart of the metro area," he says, and watch businesses jump from the Missouri side to Kansas. "The doctors are going to move. The lawyers are going to move. It will be a little harder for manufacturing to move, but they'll move too. There will be a cloud of dust at the Missouri-Kansas border." No surprise: Mr. Sinquefield bankrolled—he won't say how much—a group called Kansans for No Income Tax that helped get the law passed
That kind of thinking beyond the next move may come from Mr. Sinquefield's other passion, which is chess. In 2010, he funded the relocation of the World Chess Hall of Fame from Miami to St. Louis, where the new 15,900-square-foot facility opened last year. The acquisition is part of his continuing efforts to restore some of the glory that St. Louis knew as a thriving trade and transportation hub in the 19th century
"By 1820," he says, "there were a hundred steamboats a day on the edge of St. Louis coming down the rivers from the East. If you wanted something from Europe, it had to go through St. Louis.
He has also launched the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, which attracts novices and experts from around the world to its tournaments. Chess legend (and Wall Street Journal contributor) Garry Kasparov has taught classes there.
Mr. Sinquefield has also supported chess programs in St. Louis public schools—one part of his major effort to salvage the deeply troubled system. In 2007, the city's school district lost accreditation from the Missouri State Board of Education and was placed under state supervision. Fewer than 20% of students were testing at grade level in reading or math. Last week, provisional accreditation was granted, but that is hardly cause for celebration—in the spring, fewer than a third of its students passed the math and reading exams.
In 2014, Mr. Sinquefield is planning his most ambitious ballot initiative to date: abolishing teacher tenure in Missouri. He says the initiative polls very well, particularly when tied to merit pay. But he knows that "teachers unions would come in from across the country to oppose it. This will be a brutal battle.
Citing Milton Friedman, Mr. Sinquefield says: "In every business, in every industry, consumers have almost complete choice, except for the one that's most important, which is education." He has funded 2,000 scholarships to private schools for public-school students, through a voucher program run by the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
He is always looking for new ideas. In 2005, he launched the Show-Me Institute, a free-market think tank based in St. Louis. Motto: "Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy." Mr. Sinquefield's eyes light up when he cites the institute's findings on matters like tax policy and school vouchers. He may have been bored with the fund business, but he isn't bored now
And liberals should know that there's much more to come. "When Dimensional gets sold," he says, "that's when I'll really be able to give money away."
Ms. Riley is the author of "The Faculty Lounges: And Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Paid For" (Ivan R. Dee, 2011).
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Dec 20, 2012, 11:30 ET
DREIEICH, Germany and BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotest AG announced today that Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation received approval for BIVIGAM™ for the treatment of patients with Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency (PI) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). BIVIGAM is the first polyspecific intravenous immune globulin manufactured in the U.S. by Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation (BPC) at its Boca Raton, Florida facility. This product is being produced for patients in the United States, and the company plans to begin commercial shipments shortly.
Prof. Dr. Gregor Schulz, CEO of Biotest AG, said: "Biotest has made a significant commitment in the U.S. to bring a new immune globulin to individuals with primary immunodeficiency. We have invested over $50 million to create a state-of-the-art facility and have expanded our U.S. capabilities from plasma collection to protein purification and product distribution. BPC will eventually produce up to 1.5 million grams (= 1.5 tons) of BIVIGAM in the U.S. facility. We look forward to providing this therapy to patients in the U.S. This will be another milestone in Biotest's long legacy of providing immune globulin products to patients around the globe."
The U.S. IVIG market is the largest in the world and Biotest's entry into this market fulfills the company's longstanding vision of being a significant global participant. Biotest formed BPC as a U.S. subsidiary in 2007, with the purchase of Nabi Biopharmaceuticals' biologics strategic business unit, which included a plasma protein plant and plasma collection centers. Today's approval represents a sales potential of $100 million for BPC.
Marcia Boyle, President & Founder of the Immune Deficiency Foundation, a national patient organization for persons with primary immunodeficiency diseases, commented, "We commend Biotest for its significant commitment and investment in the development of BIVIGAM. Its launch provides a new product to our community, helping to assure continued access to this lifesaving therapy for people who live with primary immunodeficiency diseases. We welcome BIVIGAM as a valuable option to help members of our community live healthy and productive lives."
The BIVIGAM pivotal clinical study successfully achieved its primary endpoints for safety, efficacy and tolerability, and the results were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Immunology (Wassermann RL, Church JA, Stein M, et al. Safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of a new 10% liquid intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in patients with primary immunodeficiency. Journal of Clinical Immunology).
(See Open access at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10875-012-9656-5).
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Dancer Misty Copeland inspires new generation of ballerinas
Colette Greenstein | 9/18/2014, 7:41 a.m.
"This is for the little brown girls," writes Misty Copeland in the prologue of her New York Times bestselling memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, which chronicles Copeland's turbulent life growing up as the fourth of sixth children to a single mom in a chaotic household in Southern California.
Despite the struggles and upheavals in her and her siblings' lives, Misty was able to find her voice and herself through her discovery of ballet. She came late to the profession — she was 13 when she took her first ballet class at the San Pedro Boys and Girls Club in California. Within three months she was able to stand en pointe (dancing on the tips of her toes).
Copeland, in fact, was more than a natural at ballet, she was considered a prodigy and within a year she began performing professionally. At age 15, Misty won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards in California and caught the attention of several major ballet companies — including the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet.
After graduating from high school at 17, Misty accepted an offer from the American Ballet Theatre (considered America's top ballet company), to be a dancer in their Studio Company. Just two years later, she was promoted to ABT's Corps de Ballet. And in 2007 at the age of 24, she became only the second African American soloist in the American Ballet Theatre's history, and the first in more than two decades.
Inspired as a teen by famed ballerinas Gelsey Kirkland, Paloma Herrera, and Raven Wilkinson, whom she refers to in her memoir as "a guiding light in her life", Copeland is very grateful for the many individuals who have inspired and helped her along the way. "Ballet has given me opportunities that I wouldn't ever have had," says Copeland.
A mentor to young female dancers, she's also written her first children's book called Firebird in collaboration with Christopher Myers, an award-winning author and illustrator. The book, which is beautifully illustrated, tells the story of a young girl whose confidence is fragile and who questions her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her that through hard work and dedication, she too can dance the part of the Firebird, and that she too will soar and fly.
"The idea for Firebird happened gradually. It came about before the memoir but they [Penguin] moved a bit slower," says Copeland.
Christopher Myers told Penguin that he wanted to co-author the book with Misty, "but they didn't know who I was" she recalls. "We hung out for the summer and the concept came from hanging out with me and Raven Wilkinson. He liked the relationship I had with Raven."
The role of Firebird is special to Misty because she was the first black woman in history to play the title role at the Metropolitan Opera House in 2012. In her memoir, Copeland describes the Firebird "as a work that melds the most virtuosic parts of ballet with bravura solos that tell a story of spells, mystical creatures, and love triumphing over evil."


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I have two new loves that I thought I'd share with you (all three of you), since it suddenly occurred to me that there may be people in the world who don't actually already know about these things.
First up: Capital Bikeshare.
This is quite possibly the most brilliant invention, ever. You pay a yearly (or daily) fee, and in return, get a key, which unlocks a bike that you can take and ride to wherever you like, then return to a Bikeshare location.
I had seen the rack of sturdy red bikes about two blocks from my apartment, but it looked complicated and scary, so I cleverly avoided trying it out for several months. But my commute these days includes about a one mile walk (or bus ride) home most nights, and while I like walking, it is sometimes just too slow if I'm getting out of work late. And I'm far too impatient to stand around and wait for the bus.
So, I gathered up my courage one day, and watched the BikeShare video, learned how it worked, and then gathered up even more courage and tried it.
Voila! (Or Viola?) It's simple!! You can pay on the spot for a day pass ($5.00) by credit card. (I paid the yearly $75 fee. The day AFTER a groupon expired for $37. Sigh.) You get 30 minutes to get to your next location before you incur more fees. So this is not the bike to take if you want to go for a 2-hour ride somewhere (although really, that would only cost another $3, so it wouldn't kill you either). You can use the bike as often as you like in a day, but only the first 30 minutes (each time you take it out) are included in the day rate.
But the yearly fee isn't bad, and it's for a good cause: Making the streets safe for the non-car bound!
You get the cutest little key for your keyring!
The bikes are heavy duty but fun to ride. Three speeds, with a handy basket in the front. I generally ride on the sidewalk because they're not exactly nimble and I do still value my life.
So far, only once have I wanted to use one and found them all gone. It was 7:45 a.m., and I just wanted a quick ride to Metro, but apparently so did everyone else. The other problem can be getting to the other end and finding there are no open docks. But Bikeshare promises that every 15-20 minutes they have someone shuffling the bikes around by truck. I've never seen it but I trust them.
But the best part is, whenever I find myself someplace in the city where I think, I could really use a bike, I turn around and, like magic, there they are!
For instance, my hair place is at 1522 U Street, which is about a 15 minute walk from the Metro or my bus stop. Not bad, but since I'm usually late to begin with, I inevitably end up jumping in a cab. No more!
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If you're city doesn't already have this, I'm really sorry! The town I work in, one stop north of D.C., doesn't have it, which kind of sucks since if it did I could definitely ride all the way to work. So I feel for you. But it's the greatest idea ever, and I have NO idea why everyone does not use this.
Next: SharedBites.
I honestly thought blogging had jumped the shark. (I think jumping the shark has jumped the shark.) Who knew that there were still people out there churning these things out every few days??!
But I happened to stumble across this blog belonging to a D.C. Tri-chicka who I used to swim
Turns out? She has hidden talents. Not only did she marry the captain of D.C. Tri, she is a wildly brilliant blogger and baker. She has a baking blog (baking blogs are the running blog of the '10s). Someone should create the Baking Blog Family (is that thing still on?? Hi Mark!)
If you like baking, which I do, or you just like reading about baking (check!), you really must check this thing out.
Ms. Katie has a way with words and photos that make you just want to get all barefoot and preggers and in the kitchen.
I made her vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for my boy's gluten-free sister, for Easter (only it turns out that, ha, vegan, does NOT mean gluten-free! Live and learn!), and they were phenomenal. PHENOMENAL! I ate them all and then joined Weight Watchers the next night. No, seriously, I did.)
I can't believe I didn't take any pictures. Trust me, these were fantastic. And so healthy! Like eating a bowl of oatmeal! With sugar, oil, and chocolate chips. Yum.
Need I say more?
Check her out. And tell her I sent you!


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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the central bank may never be able to exit its unprecedented bond-buying program and that the efficacy of the stimulus measure is "declining over time."
"Since we're going to have an engorged balance sheet we may never be able to leave this position," the reserve bank chief said in a CNBC interview Friday. "We were at risk of what I call a 'Hotel California' monetary policy, going back to the Eagles song which is: 'you can check out any time you want but you can never leave'."
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his colleagues said Dec. 12 they will boost their main stimulus tool by adding $45 billion of monthly Treasury purchases to an existing program to buy $40 billion in mortgage debt a month. That decision puts the Fed's $2.92 trillion balance sheet on track to reach almost $4 trillion by the end of next year if purchases continue.
"Their efficacy is declining over time," Fisher said. "With each new announcement there's less of a reaction."
Fisher, who participates in the Federal Open Market Committee meetings and doesn't vote this year, said he opposed the Fed's expansion of its third round of bond purchases, known as quantitative easing, because policy makers have already ensured that the financial system has adequate funding.
"I thought we had done enough already," Fisher said. "Businesses are awash in liquidity."
The U.S. economy is the strongest in the world right now, Fisher said. It's being hurt because of uncertainty surrounding Congress and President Barack Obama's failure to agree on a budget plan that avoids a fiscal contraction, Fisher said.
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"We're the thoroughbred of the global economy," Fisher said. "Our businesses are better equipped now to compete in the world than ever before. They've driven down their costs. They're hyper-efficient. They're hyper-productive."
The world's largest economy is poised to reach its full potential if lawmakers can remove uncertainty for businesses, investors and consumers, he said. Fed policy makers are "the only people who get things done" and have already taken all the action they can to support the recovery, he said.
"The obstacle is nobody knows what the rules are so they can't plan their investment," Fisher said of the so-called fiscal cliff of more than $600 billion in tax increases and federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect in January unless lawmakers agree on a plan. "We're beginning to see now this fiscal imbroglio as really impacting consumer behavior."
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The Fed also said Dec. 12 that for the first time it will link its interest-rate outlook to economic thresholds, saying rates will stay low "at least as long" as the jobless rate remains above 6.5 percent and if it projects inflation of no more than 2.5 percent one or two years in the future. Officials don't see the jobless rate falling near that goal until 2015.
Fisher said policy makers discussed whether the jobless rate may decline to 6.5 percent because more Americans are giving up hope of finding a job and instead are deciding to leave the labor force, not because hiring picked up.
"We actually talked a great deal about that," Fisher said of the Fed's Dec. 11-12 gathering. "All of us are concerned about it. And that's why if you look at the wording of the statement there's a lot of conditionality around that."
The Labor Department's Dec. 7 report showed that the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent last month as the share of working-age people in the labor force decreased. The so-called participation rate fell to 63.6 percent from 63.8 percent in the prior month. The rate declined to 63.5 percent in August.
Fisher, 63, will be a voting member of the policy-making FOMC in 2014. He dissented last year twice against moves to push down long-term rates and to keep the benchmark U.S. interest rate near zero until at least mid-2013. He voted five times in 2008 in favor of tighter policy.
The next FOMC gathering is scheduled for Jan. 29-30 in Washington.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt is coming to the defense of fans in Kansas City.
The chief executive and most visible individual in the ownership family issued a statement Wednesday in which he described Chiefs fans as "passionate, hardworking, loyal, educated football fans," and said they are the "heart and soul of the Arrowhead experience."
The fans have been the subject of national scrutiny this week after offensive lineman Eric Winston laid into a small percentage of them who cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel was injured in a 9-6 loss to Baltimore last Sunday. Cassel sustained a concussion in the fourth quarter.
"They know cheering an injury to anyone in any stadium is unacceptable," Hunt said. "I want to make it perfectly clear: A small few who may have cheered when Matt went down do not accurately represent the best fans in the National Football League. Period."
Winston's diatribe, in which he called the segment of fans cheering Cassel's injury "sickening," quickly went viral. It was dissected on ESPN, and more mainstream television news programs such as "Good Morning American" and the "Today" show offered their take on it.
It hasn't helped that the Chiefs have scuffled to a 1-4 start.
"The majority of the Chiefs fans are not going to cheer a player getting hurt. I think the majority of Chiefs fans support the Chiefs. They want the chiefs to win," coach Romeo Crennel said. "Are they frustrated? Yes, they're frustrated, just like we're frustrated."
Winston said he's received overwhelming support in the locker room, but acknowledged that he was "naive" to think that his comments would not gain traction nationally.
"If there was anything I could take back, and not even take back, just clarify more that I was speaking to the people who were cheering and not the total fanbase. I realize how great the fans are here," Winston said. "That's the one thing I wish I was a little more clear about."
Animosity has been building in Kansas City for years, both over the failure of the Royals to reach the playoffs since 1985 and the Chiefs to win a playoff game since 1993.
One group of tailgaters in a stadium parking lot last Sunday strung up a bed sheet carrying the message that the Chiefs were an "embarrassment." Prior to the game, an airplane towed a banner paid for by fans asking that general manager Scott Pioli gets fired.
"I've been here for eight years, so I know we have real good fans. That's not a big question mark in my head," said linebacker Derrick Johnson, adding that he stood by Winston's comments.
"Playing against Kansas City and playing on Kansas City, we have great fans," said Brady Quinn, who is expected to start in Cassel's place on Sunday at Tampa Bay.
Even now, it's unclear exactly what the small percentage of Chiefs fans were applauding: the injury to Cassel itself, the play that resulted in a first down, the moment that Cassel finally got to his feet or when Quinn took over as quarterback.
Cassel had been struggling all season, and had thrown two interceptions in the game.
"We're trying to make it better," Crennel added. "I got up there a little earlier on Sunday and (the fans) were there in their red, and they were ready to try to help their team, and the team played a competitive game. Was it perfect? It was not perfect. But it was a competitive game, and it kept the fans involved in the hopes they were able to pull out a victory.
"We have to continue to play like that," Crennel said, "to keep the fans cheering for us and supportive of us the way they have been for a long time."


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Around Valentine's day it felt like spring was on the way. It was nice enough outside that I didn't need a hat, I started planning our garden and thinking about camping and picnics and pretty dresses.
But winter was having none of that happiness, it has decided to stay f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Instead of grass pushing its way up through the snow the temperature has dropped to minus twenty-six (although it feels like minus 35) and the sky keeps dumping its stupid snow on me.
I remember being excited for snow and winter and wearing winter clothes. "Yay snow! It's like a winter wonderland!".
However, it is now March and I would like to go outside without having to put on a million layers.
I made some cookie templates of all the winter layers I have to put on before I go outside. A good visual reminder for next year when I'm all looking forward to getting my winter coat out.
This is the cookie first thing in the morning trying to decide what to wear. She chooses a pencil skirt, tank top and cardigan.
But it's not that simple. She'll be a ball of frozen cookie dough if she waits for the train in -27 just wearing that under her jacket.
So first she needs a pair of tights (or two) and a pair of leggings over top of that.
Then knee high socks over the leggings and some sweat pants over that.
I'm not going to lie, sometimes I sleep in the very sweat pants that I use as a layer the next day. Mostly because it's so cold outside that I like to pretend that I'm still warm in bed and not out in the freezing wind. I think it's called denial.
Next she puts on her sweater and her skirt over the sweats (that way when she gets to work she can just take the sweats off and look like a normal person and not a marshmallow)...
..Then adds a hoodie or two depending on how cold it is. One hoodie for below -17 . Two hoodies if it gets to -30.
Then jacket, boots, scarf, hat, and mitts.
Now she's ready to go outside and be relatively warm and comfortable despite the temperature.
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Although you might not be familiar with Liberty Walk, the company has a big reputation for Lamborghini conversions, offering dramatic styling parts for the Aventador, Murcielago and Gallardo.
The Japanese company's very enthusiastic owner, Wataru Kato, has also focused on expanding to other brands, with kits for the Prius and Chrysler 300C getting recent attention. But it was his newest creation - a widebody kit for the E92 BMW M3 - that brought Liberty Walk (also known as LB Performance) to our attention.
Using GT3 RS-style riveted fender flares and large carbon fiber spoilers front and rear, the M3 makeover is both comprehensive and head-turning. At the recent MFest gathering in Las Vegas, these cars were predictably the stars of the show.
Before diving into how the cars were put together and how they perform, we should understand more about Wataru. He's quite a character who grew up from humble beginnings. He didn't come from an affluent background, but his passion for cars pushed him to start the company in 1993, and is now one of Japan's most popular custom shops. Over the years he's not only become an ambassador of Japanese car culture, but also proved that through hard work, you can achieve whatever you desire.
Wataru has a personal garage of more than 30 cars, ranging from daily drivers to exotics such as a highly-modified Ferrari F40. Although his fleet ranges from one extreme to the other, there's one common denominator - they all have his personal sense of style. Whether it's a widebody, disco-like interior lighting, or a deafening custom exhaust, Wataru's goal is to let you know it's one of his unique creations.
Shortly after attending SEMA 2012 with a Lamborghini, Liberty Walk announced it would enter the BMW market, with Wataru creating an aero kit for the M3 coupe. As the months passed, numerous renderings were released, hyping up the interest in the car and amassing a strong following online. With information flowing so fluidly over the internet, Wataru saw no point hiding the aggressive body kit for the M3.
The goal was to have the kit available by the end of spring 2013. And under an agreement with MFest, the car would debut in the US at the show in May.
With the first body kits only available a week before the show, it put a great deal of responsibility on LTMotorwerks (LTMW) in El Monte, CA to deliver the finished cars.
Wataru handpicked the shop, but he needed them to build two Liberty Walk M3s. One would be his personal car, while the other would belong to Bernardo Peña: an LTMW customer eager to have one of the first kits.
Although the deadline to complete two cars in one week seemed insurmountable, LTMW owner Long Tran faced it with enthusiasm and excitement. Together Tran and Wataru communicated through a translator to overcome the language barrier and complete the task at hand.
The pair of 2008 E92 M3s had to be stripped, sanded, cut and fitted with a multitude of new modifications. So it was all hands on deck at LTMW, with some of Wataru's friends volunteering to help the crew as it worked around the clock.
In order to fit the Liberty Walk widebody, all four fender panels had to be cut. Once the fender flares were installed, it was possible to fit 19x10.5" ET -10 front wheels, with 19x12" ET -50 on the rear. These would accommodate 295/30 and 305/30 Nitto Invo tires, respectively, giving the driver huge levels of grip, particularly up front.
Wataru would choose gloss-black Rotiform SNA three-piece wheels for his vehicle, while Bernardo opted for larger 20" iForged Milano wheels, also in black.
In addition to the flares, the Liberty Walk parts include a carbon fiber chin spoiler, splitter, trim pieces on the side of the rear bumper and carbon fiber rear wing.
The cars seen here have the low profile Type2 wing, and the entire Version2 kit retails for $8000. However, you can specify Version1, which has an F1-style Type1 rear wing that takes the price to $11000.
Although both M3s would have identical parts, Wataru wanted to differentiate them, so gave his M3 what he describes as an "energetic look". This would involve Lamborghini Grigio Telesto paint, accented with Verde Ithaca and gloss black highlights, plus numerous decals.
Whereas Bernardo's M3 would lean towards a "sporty look", finished in BMW Diamond Schwartz paint, accented with the carbon pieces and highlighted with a dash of red.
Wataru imagined that his M3 would grab everybody's attention at car shows, while Bernardo's was meant to be a neck-breaker on the street. Either way, both M3s have proven to be captivating and crowd-pleasing.
Once the exterior was underway, the next step was to achieve the correct stance, yet still be practical for the four-hour drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for MFest. So Wataru's M3 features CKS coilovers with Swift springs, while Bernardo's sits on KW Club Sport coilovers for a more performance-oriented ride.
The cars would need greater control since they'd also combine ESS Tuning superchargers that made for a rollercoaster ride of pure excitement when we had the opportunity to drive and ride in the cars. It would make up for the 4am wakeup call, and the scorching desert heat we endured for the photo shoot.
Both run the ESS VT1-550 supercharger system, which boasts 550hp - a 33% gain over stock, that transformed the machines into monstrous, tarmac-eating beasts.
The additional power under the hood certainly complemented the exaggerated widebody, creating cars most motorists seemed to find menacing in the rearview mirror, but also cars that spent very little time there. The light traffic and early hours meant we were able to clip along with a good turn of speed that shortened the journey time.
The two drivers also invested in exhaust systems that could be heard and recognized from afar. Wataru opted for the popular Arqray system from his homeland, plus a Mastermind NA X-pipe that gave the V8 a meaner roar than a modern supercar. Despite spitting an ungodly sound outside, once in the car you didn't really notice it, and there was no drone apparent. In an effort to avoid unwanted attention in the still desert air, a QTP remote exhaust cut-out was installed to tame the noise.
You could argue that such a beast shouldn't be tamed, which is the route taken by Bernardo, who opted for a full custom exhaust designed to create as much noise as possible. After all, these M3s demand attention.
Bernardo would also stray from the formula with a Brembo GT brake kit, Sparco Pro 2000 II seats and will soon get a red Autopower rollcage.
After the M3s' debut, Wataru returned to Japan to complete more projects but believes the operation was very successful and looks forward to another visit. And with more European projects on the drawing board for the BMW Z4 and Ferrari 458, among others, you can be sure this won't be the last you hear of Liberty Walk and Mr Kato.
Wataru Kato
Seto-shi, Aichi, Japan
Owner, Liberty Walk
Engine 3999cc V8 32v with ESS Tuning VT1-550 supercharger kit, Arqray exhaust, Mastermind NA X-pipe,QTP remote cut-out
Drivetrain M-DCT dual-clutch transmission
Brakes stock
Suspension CKS coilovers with Swift springs
Wheels & Tires 19x10.5" ET -10 f, 19x12" ET -50 r, Rotiform SNA wheels with 295/30 R19 f, 305/30 R19 r Nitto Invo tires
Exterior Liberty Walk Version2 widebody kit with four fender flares, carbon fiber front spoiler and Type2rear wing, front splitter and rear bumper trim pieces, car painted Grigio Telesto with Verde Ithaca accents,BMW LCI update
Interior wrinkle-finish black leather re-trim with alcantara accents on headrests, center panels, door cards and armrest


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It's getting time to pull the boat out, dust it off and head to the lake for some fishing. Honey and I were just talking about the beautiful weather we've had and it being time to get out and do some crappie fishing. Last year we went to Ft. Phantom and caught some very small fish. However, it was late in the summer and we didn't get to go out but 2 or 3 times. We want to start earlier this year and enjoy not only fishing but just boating in general.
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SUNY Canton to Honor Rich with Distinguished Citizen Award
SUNY Canton will be honoring a long-time advocate for developmentally disabled people in Northern New York with the College's Distinguished Citizen Award at its upcoming 102nd Commencement Ceremony.
Joseph Rich, the founder of the Disabled Persons Action Organization (DPAO), will be recognized along with the 2010 graduating class at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 22, in an outdoor ceremony adjacent to the Richard W. Miller Campus Center.
"We give this award to recognize those who have made the community a better place for everyone," said SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy. "Joe Rich has positively influenced the North Country in many ways. I hope our graduates look at what he has done as a model for future success."
While working at WWNY TV – 7 News in 1974, Rich received a phone call asking for the station's help; a local boy had been accidentally shot during a hunting accident. Left paralyzed and without the ability to breathe on his own, the boy's future was to remain in the hospital, but his family wanted to care for him.
With permission from the station, Rich orchestrated fundraisers for the family and raised enough money to put an addition on their home and install life support equipment. Rich continued his work by creating the DPAO, where he worked to raise money for the agency and brought in funding for the disabled in the community. "We wanted to help ease the stress on families in their own homes," he said.
For over 30 years, Rich developed the DPAO from a one-man organization to a 140 staff member agency that serves more than 500 individuals. "The DPAO is a vital institution in Watertown," said City of Watertown Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham. "He became a cultural icon by organizing concerts which raised money for the DPAO, but equally important, he provided culture and entertainment for the City."
Many of his ideas and practices have been implemented across the state over the years, but Rich wanted to extend his work beyond New York, according to New York State Democratic Executive Committee Chair June F. O'Neill. "His accomplishments have been extraordinary and are not limited to our region," she said. "Joe is a founding member and president of the 1 World Foundation. He travels to the West Indies to help residents with special needs."
Hundreds of lives have been enriched through his advocacy, according to Diana Jones Ritter commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
"His compassion, diplomacy and communication skills educated people in upstate New York to embrace individuals with developmental disabilities as contributing members of their communities," she said. "He is truly the voice of the people."
While his résumé is extensive, he insists the credit should not go to him. "I've been the facilitator, but it's been the people that work with us that have made the difference," Rich said "That's the way it is in the North Country. People care about people."
A Watertown native, Rich graduated from Empire State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism in 1970. He worked in both radio and television before pursuing his work with the DPAO full time. He currently resides in Watertown with his wife, Carol. Although retired, he still spends his time volunteering and serves on the Foundation Board at Jefferson Community College and is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Watertown Savings Bank. He's a two-time recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow from the Rotary Club and is heavily involved in the 1 World Foundation.
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NEW YORK (AP) Carmelo Anthony is back in the starting lineup after a two-game absence, starting for the New York Knicks against his former team, the Denver Nuggets.
Anthony needed stitches for a cut on the middle finger of his left hand Wednesday in a victory at Charlotte, then sat out a victory at Miami the next night and a loss to Chicago on Saturday.
Anthony is third in the NBA with 26.4 points per game. He spent the first 7 1/2 seasons of his career in Denver before telling the Nuggets he wanted out, and they dealt him to the Knicks in February 2011.


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Hannah Barrett of Lexington, a new UMass Amherst graduate, was feted at the State House in Boston at the second annual 29 Who Shine awards honoring 29 outstanding graduates of Massachusetts' 29 public college and university campuses. Gov. Deval Patrick praised the students for their achievements, citing the "power of education to transform lives."